Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images
By: Toby Christie – Follow on Twitter @Tobalical
On a day that started with a skydiver slamming into Kevin Harvick’s racecar on pitroad; Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski brought fans to their feet in an electrifying finish for the ages that lived up to the billing of “Wild Asphalt Circus.”
Jimmie Johnson dominated the early stages of the race, in what looked to be another snoozefest like was the case at Texas Motor Speedway in April, but when the sun went down the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge came to life and so did the race for the championship. Brad Keselowski drove like a man possessed on his path to the front, and he did the same on his way back to the front after being blocked in his pit stall on his next-to-last pit stop of the night.
Keselowski dropped from the lead on that pitstop, to eighth; meanwhile his competitor for the title — Jimmie Johnson — hung firmly on to the second position. When the green flag fell, Keselowski’s gloves cam...

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